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Giving
With Gratitude
We know that our clients have options.
With gratitude for choosing us, we support the nonprofits that matter to them. Each month we contribute a portion of our revenue to a charitable organization in honor of one of our clients. Please email us here to suggest we consider contributing to one of your favorite nonprofits. We welcome an introduction! Allow us to introduce you to nonprofits we have contributed to in the past.
- Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) is the only agency in San Mateo County solely dedicated to helping those affected by intimate partner abuse. From counseling to emergency housing to legal assistance, CORA’s services are designed to provide safety, support and healing.
- CALL Primrose is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation providing free grocery assistance to low-income families and individuals in San Mateo County. Founded in 1983 as an information and referral hotline for those in need within the community, CALL soon became a drop in location in downtown Burlingame for those seeking emergency assistance. Today, CALL’s mission is to compassionately address the issues of hunger and food insecurity within the community by providing free, healthy groceries to those in need.
- Metabolic Mind is a non-profit providing resources and education in the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry, including the use of ketogenic therapy for mental disorders. The mission of Metabolic Mind is to transform mental health outcomes by advancing understanding of the foundational connection between metabolic and mental health, along with the role of evidence-based dietary treatment strategies.
- Since 1993, Hopalong and Second Chance Animal Rescue has rescued, fostered, spayed/neutered, and placed thousands of vulnerable companion animals. In July of 2021 Hopalong joined Marin Humane Society and is an integral and thriving part of running an incredible Foster Program with a network of hundreds of foster families. Hopalong continues to help rescue and place pets working with shelters/rescues across the state of California.
- The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County is a private non-profit law firm with a mission to fight social injustice through civil legal advocacy for people living in poverty. Its vision is for every person to have the basic necessities of life, including safe affordable housing, access to health care, economic security, secure immigration status, an appropriate education and freedom from violence and abuse. The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County strives to empower people to overcome the causes and effects of poverty so they can participate in their community with dignity and respect.
- Legal Services for Children is a non-profit legal services and social work provider offering free legal advocacy, social-emotional support, information, advice, and referrals to low-income children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our services help young people who need legal support with guardianship (changing who the young person’s legal guardian is), dependency (foster care), education (with a focus on expulsion defense), and immigration (help securing a path to lawful immigration status for undocumented minors, assistance with DACA applications, and support for minors who are in, or have recently been released from, immigration detention in Northern California).
- Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center is a 241-bed, not-for-profit general medical and surgical center located in Burlingame, California. In addition to emergency and ICU services, MPMC offers both inpatient and outpatient services at its 450,000 square foot campus. Sutter hospitals serve more of the Medi-Cal patient population in Northern California than any other health system.
- No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successfully investing in local nonprofits and helping find the best approaches to eradicating poverty and hunger, Share Our Strength launched No Kid Hungry in 2010. As a child hunger organization, ending childhood hunger is No Kid Hungry’s primary focus.
- The Riekes Center aims to provide students with the best possible opportunity to define and accomplish individual goals, build character and learn transferable life skills through Creative Arts, Athletic Fitness and Nature Awareness, in an environment of non-judgment and mutual respect.
- San Mateo County Lawyer Referral Services refers callers to local attorneys for up to a 30 minute consultation in a variety of areas, including domestic, criminal, bankruptcy, business, probate, personal injury, real estate, estate, guardianship and conservatorship law.
- The San Mateo Public Library has a comprehensive collection of resources and services and a friendly professional staff to help the community discover, enjoy, connect and learn in an ever-changing world. The mission of the San Mateo Public Library is to offer quality library services and programs to a diverse community; promote literacy and ongoing learning; provide resources that preserve the past, reflect the present and explore the future; serve as a gateway to information through technology.
- Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is a nonprofit food bank dedicated to ending hunger in the community.
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It aims to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
- Today’s Youth Matter uses year-round programming and mentoring relationships to guide at-risk youth and change their life trajectory.
- One Mind catalyzes visionary change through science, business and media to transform the world’s mental health. Inspired by One Mind’s founders' lived experience, the organization works to heal the lives of people impacted by brain illness and injury through global, collaborative action.
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